In an interview with The Media Line, Brig. Gen. (ret.) Amir Avivi hinted at Israeli involvement in a recent chemicalstrike on Iranian rocket fuel, observing that “this attack was on fuel for ballistic rockets. So it makes sensethat this is a planned attack and not an accident.”
Looking ahead to renewed US–Iran negotiations, Avivi warned against trusting Tehran’s intentions. Henoted that Iranian state media “are laughing at the US. They think they’re having the upper hand,” andpressed President Trump to choose “whether he’s going to be a Churchill or a Chamberlain,” insisting thatif Iran does not fully dismantle its nuclear sites, “there is one option, an attack on the nuclear sites.”
On US-Israeli coordination, Avivi said the two governments “talk frequently” but that Washington housesvoices seeking to retreat from global leadership. He urged a “massive airstrike, just as the US is doingnow on the Houthis, just as Israel did before in Iran, but a much bigger attack,” arguing such a decisiveblow would “stop the war and not open a new war” by crippling Iran’s ability to respond.
Israel still aims to return all hostage, eradicate Hamas in Gaza
Turning to the Gaza conflict, Avivi reaffirmed Israel’s dual objectives: “to eradicate Hamas as agovernmental and military entity, to bring back all the remaining hostages, and to create a reality thatnever again there will be a terror army in the Gaza Strip.” He explained that Israel is prioritizing a hostagedeal first. Still, if talks falter, they will “launch a full-scale attack into Gaza.
Addressing troop morale, Avivi said that soldiers remain confident as long as their objectives are clear.“What the soldiers don’t like is when they feel that time is being wasted, that they are endangering theirlives, not for a worthy cause,” he said, adding that once troops know “they will be sent to win this war,”morale will stay “very, very high.”